Male Bodies and the Lies We Tell About Them: The Making and Faking of Professional Wrestling

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What can a “sport” built around fakery and deception teach us about the lies men tell themselves?

Ted Arcidi: The Ultimate Musclebear?

Ted Arcidi:  I remember you, albeit dimly.  Big brawny mid-carder. One of the few Wrestling Superstars action figures I didn’t have. “Mr. 705 bench press” (and a legitimate lift at that, Dino Bravo).  You wrestled entire matches that consisted of nothing more than bear hugs and tests of strength.  Putting aside the completely untalented Jeep [...]